Sopik ( el, Σωπική) is a settlement in Gjirokastër County, southeastern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. It is part of the former

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of Pogon. After the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality of

Dropull Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; el, Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albania ...

. A secondary border crossing point with

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is situated near Sopik. According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 670 ethnic Greeks in the village.

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Populated places in Dropull Albania–Greece border crossings Greek communities in Albania {{Gjirokastër-geo-stub